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During
the British Raj, Sindh, situated south of Punjab,
was the neglected hinterland of Bombay. The society
was dominated by a small number of major landholders
(waderas). .
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Most Punjabis
trace their ancestry to pre-Islamic Jat and Rajput
castes. However, as they intermarried with other
ethnic groups who came to the area, certain qaums
came to predominate, especially Gujjars, etc
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The final
major ethnic group in Pakistan is the Baloch.
A comparatively small group, the Baloch, like
the Pakhtuns, are a tribal population whose original
territory extends beyond the national borders.
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About 172
kms west of Rawalpindi / Islamabad by road about
half an hour by air lies the last major town of
Pakistan, the ancient and legendary Peshawar,
city of proud Pathans.
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